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I Big Black di Steve Albini non sono una band da "hit" o da "greatest hits". Non puoi sintetizzare, magari in dieci brani, l'operato di una delle realtà più oscure del noise/post-hardcore. "The Hammer Party" racchiude gli albori del trio senza omettere alcuna canzone, ovvero pressando "Lungs", "Bulldozer" e "Racer X" in un solo cd.
Con Albini abbiamo due preparatissimi ex Naked Raygun, Jeff Bezzati al basso e Santiago Durango alla chitarra. Insieme al maestro Steve fanno parte del progetto più originale della scena noise, contraddistinto specialmente dall'uso della drum machine.
Le sonorità fredde, torve e sostenute dal canto omicida di Albini sono esplicate chiarissime in "Dead Billy" di "Lungs". Quando si lotta con il funky delle linee di Pezzati e le nevrosi del metallurgico Durango si compie in toto l'espressione del combo. Tutto ciò avviene perfettamente nel secondo EP "Bulldozer" grazie a "Pigeon Kill" e "Jump The Climb". I brani sono quadrati, non si disperdono in assoli o giochi di feedback come Ranaldo e Moore, ma si punta a martorizzare il riff portante.
Diciotto brani che racchiudono il periodo precedente al capolavoro "Atomizer", uscente nel 1986, cioè lo stesso anno della compilation. In quel lavoro seminale troviamo al basso Dave Riley, che si mette immediatamente in mostra in vette del calibro di "Kerosene", "Passing Complexion" e "Jordan Minnesota".
In ogni lavoro vediamo crescere la violenza, che sarà manifesta chiaramente nei Rapeman, ed anche un'efficiente tecnica manieristica, più vicina all'altro progetto Shellac. Insomma i Big Black sono la preparazione di Albini alle sue due realtà successive, ma possiedono soprattutto la freschezza e la spontaneità della concezione artistica primitiva. Un muro di suono statico, stazionario, con le trame precisissime delle corde osservate dal tocco inalterato della drum machine. Alcune acerbità della sinfonia metallurgica di "Lungs", forse troppo "robotico", vengono tolte dal suono più "vivo" di "Bulldozer", avente la spigliata "I'm A Mess".
La danza industriale di "Racer X", uscito nel 1984, anticipa la trivialità del singolo "Il Duce" e dell'ultimo EP "Headache", che sarà successivo ad "Atomizer". Il basso cingolante di "The Ugly American" e "Sleep" è l'unico degno rivale della sublime Kim Gordon. Una band enorme, come tutte le idee e le produzioni del guru Steve Albini.
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03 Steelworker (00:00)
The only good policeman is a dead one
The only good laws aren't enforced
I've never hung a darkie, even a big one
I've never seen an Indian on a horse
And I live like this 'cause I like it
And seen too much to pretend
You can't ignore the beauty in the things that you love
Like you can't stand the hatred and the lies
Have you always hunted with your hands?
Can you show me what you've done?
Have you always hunted with your hands?
If you catch it, can you kill it?
You don't understand, see you don't understand
See, I'm like a murderer, see, I'm like a murderer
And I could rip you limb from limb
And I could rip you limb from limb
Great big thing crawlin' all over me
Great big thing crawlin' all over me
See, I'm like a murderer, I kill what I eat
See, I'm like a, I'm a hunter-gatherer, see, I kill what I eat
See, I'm a steelworker, I kill what I eat
See, I'm, I'm a bricklayer, I kill what I eat
See, I'm a, I'm a murderer, I kill what I eat
See, I'm a, I'm a hunter-gatherer, I kill what I eat
See, I'm a steelworker, I kill what I eat
I'm a, I'm a bricklayer, I kill what I eat
Great big thing crawling all over me
Great big thing crawling all over me
Great big thing crawling all over me
Have you always hunted with your hands?
Can you show me what you've done?
Have you always hunted with your hands?
If you catch it, can you kill it?
I live like this 'cause I like it
And I've seen too much to pretend
You can't ignore the beauty in the things that you love
Like you can't stand the hatred and the lies
See, see, see I'm a murderer, I kill what I eat
See, I'm, I'm a bricklayer, I kill what I eat
See, I'm a steelworker, I kill what I eat
It's a great big thing crawlin' all over me
Great big thing crawlin' all over me
Great big thing crawlin' all over me
08 RIP (00:00)
That man's shirt is worth more than your life
And I'd rather kill him than insult you
He hasn't the sense to know we're fighting
He hasn't the fear to run
We have to rip this up
It doesn't look quite right
People like that, too dirty to save
Better watch out, friend
He's gonna get torn
When I poke my fingers in it
I tear him apart
Cover your ears
They make a lot of noise
We have to rip this up
It doesn't look quite right
09 Cables (00:00)
Well, I don't know why we come here
Guess I just needed the bang
We walk in the beef, and then we pull on the rope
And then the, then the hammer comes down
Cables
Cables
Cables
So I guess they know
I'm not no company man
But I can pull on a rope, I can kill a cow
Fast as any other f**ker can
Cables
Cables
Cables
11 I'm A Mess (00:00)
Oh, honey I'm a mess
Oh, a useless set of legs
Oh, honey I'm a waste
Oh, honey I'm a wreck
But I will maintain
Time to spend
In the reading truck ??
That always runs slow
Oh, oh, honey I'm a mess
Oh, honey I'm a wreck
Oh, honey I'm a waste
Aw, honey you're a bitch
What a useless set of legs
But I will maintain
Time to save
In the leading truck ??
That always runs slow
I will maintain
Time to sing ??
In the leading truck
That always runs slow
I will maintain
Time to sing ??
In the leading truck
That always runs slow
Bitch
12 Texas (00:00)
This is Texas
This is redneck
This is lone star
This is wetback
I am Texas
I am Texas
I am Texas
I am Texas
This is Texas
This is badass
This is chain-gang
This is mustache
I am Texas
I am Texas
I am Texas
I am Texas
I am Texas
I am Texas
I am Texas
I am Texas
13 Seth (00:00)
"...invaded by hordes of scummy, race-mixing traitors and Red-led Marxist
mongrels demanding human rights for subhumans. Yes, once again, we see
amassed the underground army of social malcontents, racial throwbacks, and
genetically-botched black boneheads--this army of ghetto guerrillas and
street-razor savages that has turned our cities into jungles and our schools
into battlefields. Now this army of the ignorant, the shiftless, the criminal
and the irresponsible, after receiving billions upon billions of dollars in
federal aid, for everything from free food to free abortions, they now come to
Washington, D.C. to demand a national holiday for this doubly-degenerate, Jew-
led, Red jungle bunny responsible for their freedom to lope their way through
life at the white man's expense. Martin Luther King, a mm mm mm mm, Communist
Jew, a member of no less than 62 Communist Party front groups, a black man who
lusted after white women, who embraced the teachings of a half-pint Hindu, and
a Christ-hating Jew. This criminal Communist coon, they want a national
holiday for him? Ridiculous."
Bit me
Bit me 'cause he thought I was black
Bit me, musta thought I was black
Looks like a rat, looks like a rat
Seth is just a racist dog
I don't know why he's so mean
I don't know why she's so screwed-up ??
I don't know why he's so mean
I don't know why she's so screwed-up ??
Bit me 'cause he thought I was black
Bit me, musta thought I was black
Blast me in the shack, then he sent off his dog
Seth is just a racist dog
I don't know why he's so mean
I don't know why she's so screwed-up ??
I don't know why he's so mean
I don't know why she's so screwed ??
I don't know why he's so mean
I don't know why she's so screwed-up ??
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